How Snipers Changed War

The history of Snipers is fascinating to dive into

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[historyofeverythingpodcast]

Thank you all for watching everyone. I was really sad the video had issues yesterday as this took over a week to make. Drop a like and comment to support. Thank you all

[BigE]

Modern snipers (outside of urban settings) are begining to be used more for recon and to call in strikes instead of take the shots themselves. The idea being. Wed rather hit with missles or artillery than have the sniper take a shot and possibly give away their position. Allowing the sniper team to stay in the area longer and deliver more targets

[BHuang]

Simo Haiya was asked how he got to become the deadliest sniper in history.

His answer was simply quote, "Practice"

[Northraider]

how many battles through out history have the same ending of "and then an enemy leader got killed and his soldiers routed causing the frontline to collapse"? you'd think the ability to potenially cause this would have been explored as soon as rifling became a thing

[dragonweyr]

Snipers were used in every single US war, but the problem is that after the war was over, the sniper and the sniper schools were disbanded. Sniping was seen as a dishonorable profession in the US military and the brass hated them.
But, invariably, the next war comes around and the need for snipers and sniper schools were needed again, only to be disbanded again when the war ended only to be restarted again
By the time the Vietnam ended however, the brass finally realized that it would be a good idea that to keep snipers around after the war ended
SO, in the 1970s, the first peacetime sniper schools was estabished which exist today

[EternalNewb]

I had a great uncle who was a sniper in the Korean war.
Snipers were so hated/feared that ANYTHING that could be used as a sniper perch would be levelled by artillery. Tree? Boom. Bell tower? Boom.
He was apparently disciplined on a couple of different occasions for refusing to move to a location that he know was going to eat an artillery shell the moment fighting started.
He survived to tell the occasional story obviously.

[mitwhitgaming]

One thing I always like to point out to people is how camouflage wasn't really a thing until snipers and aircraft made it so you could be killed by the enemy anytime, anywhere.
Most average people don't think about how military armor and uniforms used to be polished to a shine and brightly colored to make a statement. By the time of WWI, however, everyone would rather look indispensable from mud.

[maxwellingtonperez]

The massive amount of ammunition used today is a combination of ease of manufacturing of ammunition, automatic weapon proliferation, and tactics dictating that more rounds means less deaths

[NRevan]

I was a rifle coach in the USMC. We would do snap in for a week prior to range week. They taught us most of this in class, but I think they should add this video as part of the class. Great job.

[Butter_Warrior]

I’m so glad I can learn how hunters can single handedly destroy a military’s leadership.

[Christopher_Gibbons]

I like how the sniper equalized war. Nobody could hide behind their rank. No matter how high up the comand chain someone is, they still have to follow pricedure and actually play the part. The more important someone is the more discipline and common sense they need to survive.

[tinchalhuon]

More snipers please, I like to see how they changed over the last half of the 20th century

[oharehatmancaleb]

I was so nervous when I saw this video pop up yesterday, but then say it wasn’t watchable. I’m glad you got it back up, and I hope youtube starts treating your content as respectfully as it deserves.

[geronimogarcia]

One thing that I think is funny about this, if anyone remembers the Campaign from Call of Duty: World at War, Reznov said it best: "Sniping your enemy is like hunting any other animal, fire at the wrong moment and your chance will be forever lost." And some of the first recognized military sharpshooters, the Yaegers, were huntsmen. I find that poetic. Any chance we can get a history of how guns replaced bows, and the history of gunpowder?

[kvoltti]

I’ve talked to friends in the military and to a man they would all chose running at a machine gun nest rather than a sniper.

[BlueZebraStripe]

“Even some pistols have a sto-“ ATF OPEN UP

[DrunkenAussie]

I was going to complain about the glossing over that one Finnish sniper remark without giving Simo Haiya even a mention, but the promise to do more in depth videos about successful snipers in history will be a perfect opportunity to remedy that.

And hell yeah I want more of your in depth videos, the longer format allows you to get so much more across. Love the videos man, take care of the voice
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[Herdatec]

A couple of linguistic points.
The term sniper comes from those hunter who were able to hit a snipe (a shy little bird).

Speaking of hunter.
The Jäger is the german word for hunter.
The modern German Army still uses companies called Jäger. Their job is somewhat uniqe, but similar to the old skirmishing troops of the renaissance. They are light infantry and their job is to move independently of the main troops (aka tanks and grenadiers) and wreak havoc behind enemy lines.

[Wormopera]

I'd personally love to see a video about crazy snipers, which would also help for people to know about more crazy snipers than just simo haiya

[vlad.olekhnovich]

I'm really happy that YT recommendations through out your vid. The channel is awesome, especially for me, who puts it on a background, since there is not much of visual content, but the way how you speak basically replaces it. Thank you for your time and energy